Mahalo to everyone who stopped by SURF to talk story with our students or helped advertise the sessions to their students and colleagues. Thanks to you, we had an amazing turnout with over 453 visits, which is our largest SURF ever! This year, we were thrilled to feature 146 presentations, 251 student presenters, and 24 research faculty across various disciplines such as philosophy, English, sustainability, graphic design, and STEM as well as presentations from Chaminade University.Ā 

šŸŽ‰ Advisors

Special mahalo nui to our āœØamazingāœØKapCC research advisors who spend many additional hours conducting fieldwork, troubleshooting experiments, and connecting with our students on weekends and nights.Ā 

Alex Awo Hilary Hacker Mackenzie Manning
Kuan-Hung Chen (new) Aaron Hanai Radovan Milincic
ā€‹Herve Collin Wendy Kuntz Lisa Miller
Brian Deis Jung Eun Kim Mike Ross
Li-Anne Delavega Amanda Lee Alimboyoguen (new) Jacob Tyler
Mary Esteban-Geil Miku Lenentine David Uedoi
Alan Garcia
Kealalōkahi Losch

šŸ˜ SURF Volunteers

We want to especially recognize our amazing volunteers for taking time out of their busy schedules and going above and beyond to make our student presenters and guests feel comfortable at SURF.Ā  We simply could not have run the event without them.Ā  Our volunteers are the #1 positive feedback we receive for SURF every semester!

Faculty/Staff

Marci Amii Alfie Gonzales Allyson Ota
Leigh Bovaird Robert Harrison Jamie Sickel
Kuan-Hung Chen Justin Kong
Lauren Tamamoto
Toni Choy Mackenzie Manning Sheldon Tawata
Herve Collin Lisa Miller Matt Tuthill
erica dias Kelli Nakamura Nadine Wolff
Brianna Donnelly Michaeyn Nakoa Hall Amy Yamashiro
Larry Fee Joy Oehlers Lisa Yrizarry
Marissa Fukunaga Veronica Ogata

Students

Angelina Lee Erik Bendickson Joana Kim
Matthew Paulino
Breana Arakawa Fassion Page Kainoa Chu
Maverick Kaopio
Brian Sanchez Bamford Hailey Aina Keikoa Manrique Nathaniel Valera
Britnee Tovar Hannah Landry Kelsey Ikeda
Riley Hermosura
Chet Hosoda Helene Watson Kendra Hubbard
Robert Twigg-smith
Cienna Paet-Gulstrom Jane Davis Kimberly Gabriel Samantha Reed
Dahyun Kwon Jarod Tagudan Kimi Li Sheri Marzan
Duke Tauanuau Jayden Huynh Koa Okada Stacey Yacapin
Duyen Dinh Jenny Brown Lixuan He Taylor Kim
Ella Self Jesse Nicholson Maryann Tanuvasa Teal Hoffman

šŸ’– Sponsors

The Undergraduate Research Experience program would like to especially thank the KapCC STEM Program, the Board of Student Publications, and Lama Library & Study Hub for supporting this event!! Whether it was through providing funding, facilities, or people power, we are so grateful for supporting our students!!